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(43) Date of publication: 20.09.1989 Bulletin 1989/38 (21) Application number: 87907605.0 (22) Date of filing: 11.11.1987

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  F16D 13/ 69( . ) F16D 13/ 75( . ) (86) International application number: PCT/GB1987/000802 (87) International publication number: WO 1988/003613 (19.05.1988 Gazette 1988/11)

(84) Designated Contracting States: DE FR GB IT SE (30) Priority: 12.11.1986 GB 19860027045 20.03.1987 GB 19870006626 09.09.1987 GB 19870021156 (71) Applicant: AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS PLC Leamington Spa Warwickshire CV31 3ER (GB)	(72) Inventors: COOKE, Richard, David Warwick CV34 5HZ (GB) HIGGINBOTTOM, Charles Warwickshire CV32 6DG (GB) (74) Representative: Cundy, Anthony Brian  Anthony Cundy & Co., 1623 Warwick Road Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 9LF Knowle, Solihull, West Midlands B93 9LF (GB)